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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 1st Nov 2007 22:51 UTC, submitted by Earin (OS...
21 Jul 2008 at 10:44am
OpenBSD 4.2 has been released . "We are pleased to announce the official release of OpenBSD 4.2. This is our 22nd release on CD-ROM (and 23rd via FTP). We remain proud of OpenBSD's record of more than ten years with only two remote holes in the default install."

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 2nd Sep 2007 15:46 UTC, submitted by anonymous...
21 Jul 2008 at 10:15am
OpenBSD project creator Theo de Raadt detailed his concerns regarding BSD-licensed code and Dual-BSD/GPL-licensed code being re-licensed under only the GPL (as previously discussed ): "Honestly, I was greatly troubled by the situation, because even people like Alan Cox were giving other Linux developers advice to...

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 14th Mar 2007 17:52 UTC, submitted by Bernd (N...
21 Jul 2008 at 7:15am
As recently reported on OpenBSD's errata page , a problem in the mbuf handling of IPv6 has been elevated to a security issue. This means that OpenBSD now has two remote exploits in 10 years, as already reflected on the OpenBSD Homepage . Theo advises to to update the system (or to block IPv6 using PF as a workaround).

SFLC has released a code analysis (New Mobile Computing)
21 Jul 2008 at 5:15am
of the infamous ath5k driver in Linux. SFLC has also - in the aftermath of the OpenBSD-Team vs. Linux-Team 'License Flame War' - released a paper on what ' copyrightable ' means, as well as one on proper usage of non-GPL'ed code in GPL'ed projects . All as part of guidance for developers wishing to use permissive licensed code in GPL'ed projects.

Recent Original Stories (OS News)
21 Jul 2008 at 4:42am
"I, Michael Buesch, am one of the maintainers of the GPL'd Linux wireless LAN driver for the Broadcom chip (bcm43xx). The Copyright holders of bcm43xx (which includes me) want to talk to you, OpenBSD bcw developers, about possible GPL license and therefore copyright violations in your bcw driver.

Recent Original Stories (New Mobile Computing)
21 Jul 2008 at 1:46am
I'd love to have SMP support for my Sun Ultra 2 machine, I think eventually it will happen. OpenBSD -current has SMP support for sparc64.

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 29th Mar 2006 11:28 UTC, submitted by anonymou...
21 Jul 2008 at 1:43am
"Even if you don't use OpenBSD, you're likely to be benefiting from it unknowingly. If you're using Solaris, SCO UnixWare, OS X, SUSE Linux, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux, chances are you're using the OpenBSD-developed OpenSSH for secure shell access to remote machines.

Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sat 12th Aug 2006 19:07 UTC (New Mobile Compu...
20 Jul 2008 at 10:46am
OpenBSD strives to be the most secure UNIX derivation. Design principles, such as code auditing, extensive use of encryption, and careful configuration choices, combine to ensure OpenBSD's secure by default philosophy holds true . This article gives you a close look at the operating system so secure that it was once banned for use in a DEF CON competition, where crackers go after each other's ...

OpenBSD devs respond to Torvalds' monkey jibe (ZDNet Australia)
18 Jul 2008 at 12:12am
OpenBSD developers have responded to comments made by Linus Torvalds that they are a 'bunch of masturbating monkeys'.